News that one of their members has been accused of sexually abusing at least 10 men over the last decade has members of the Maryland Beer Pong league reacting with shock and anger. "It's a betrayal to the community," said Sean Foster, 33, the reigning state champion and a member of the league since its formation in 2005. Joey Poindexter, of Gaithersburg, was arrested Saturday, after a man accused him of sexual assault after a beer-pong tournament at Looney's bar in College Park on Oct. 3. Attempts to reach Poindexter were unsuccessful.

News that one of their members has been accused of sexually abusing at least 10 men over the last decade has members of the Maryland Beer Pong league reacting with shock and anger. "It's a betrayal to the community," said Sean Foster, 33, the reigning state champion and a member of the league since its formation in 2005. Joey Poindexter, of Gaithersburg, was arrested Saturday, after a man accused him of sexual assault after a beer-pong tournament at Looney's bar in College Park on Oct. 3. Attempts to reach Poindexter were unsuccessful.

P.J. Horan wore his lucky outfit to the Maryland beer pong championships: a knit cap, silver shades, an old yellow shirt and a black shirt with skulls that read "got rum?" When he's actually playing the game, which involves lobbing balls across a table into cups of beer, he gets juiced up by listening to 1980s bands and the soundtrack from the boxing movie Rocky on a Minidisc player. "Let's put it this way: I go to University of Maryland and they are top 50 in football, baseball and basketball.

Montgomery County police have arrested a Gaithersburg man who they say has sexually assaulted at least 10 college-age men in the last decade. Joey Poindexter, 38, of Plum Creek Drive, was arrested Saturday, after a man came forward with an accusation of assault earlier this month. The man said he met Poindexter during a night of drinking at a beer pong tournament at Looney's bar in College Park on Oct. 3 and later accompanied him back to Poindexter's home, where he was sexually assaulted.

We've all heard about the "special interest" groups representing big oil and tobacco companies. But the beer-pong lobby? Yesterday, a veteran state senator abandoned his effort to ban drinking games such as beer pong and flip cup in Baltimore bars after facing an impassioned online campaign by leagues of beer-pong players. Sen. George W. Della Jr., a Baltimore Democrat, contends that the games encourage excessive drinking and lead to raucous behavior in city neighborhoods. A bill he introduced late last month would have outlawed any games that award drinks as prizes in city taverns.

Montgomery County police have arrested a Gaithersburg man who they say has sexually assaulted at least 10 college-age men in the last decade. Joey Poindexter, 38, of Plum Creek Drive, was arrested Saturday, after a man came forward with an accusation of assault earlier this month. The man said he met Poindexter during a night of drinking at a beer pong tournament at Looney's bar in College Park on Oct. 3 and later accompanied him back to Poindexter's home, where he was sexually assaulted.

PHILADELPHIA -- The bar is packed, the floor is wet, and dozens of glassy-eyed young people are squeezed around tables trying to lob pingpong balls into cups of beer. It is the final round of a beer pong championship, sponsored by a maker of portable beer pong tables, and all across the bar, as one team scores points, the other happily guzzles beer. "It's awesome," said Chris Shannon, 22, a senior at Drexel University here. "If you win, you win. If you lose, you drink. There's no negative."

Live '80s music is a hot commodity in Baltimore. Every time the Legwarmers play Rams Head Live in Power Plant Live, the show sells out. So it wasn't surprising to see a decent crowd come to the Lodge Bar in Power Plant Live a few Fridays back for its monthly '80s Explosion party. There was no cover charge when my roommate Patchen and I showed up about 8 p.m. last month. The Lodge Bar looks just like you'd expect: tons of wood and deer heads everywhere. Though plenty of patrons (most in their 20s, 30s and 40s)

Baltimore native and superstar Olympian Michael Phelps has dumped model-waitress Megan Rossee, according to TMZ . The gossip site cited anonymous sources who said that Phelps "felt the relationship wasn't going anywhere, so he decided to end it so he could pursue other options. " The two first appeared in public as a couple during the London Olympics. Phelps played (consolation?) beer pong Saturday evening with Stacy Keibler in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, according to Keibler's Instagram feed.

I think I just lost our office pool on the Clooney-Keibler dating lifespan. A "source" tells people.com that the more-than-unexpected couple George Clooney and Rosedale native Stacy Keibler are still dating. People.com reports that on Friday, Keibler "attended the event Call of Duty XP , where she was coy regarding questions about her Oscar-winning beau, but gave a few hints as to why Clooney may be smitten. " "Anybody that knows me knows that I'm definitely a guy's girl," she told PEOPLE.

Baltimore native and superstar Olympian Michael Phelps has dumped model-waitress Megan Rossee, according to TMZ . The gossip site cited anonymous sources who said that Phelps "felt the relationship wasn't going anywhere, so he decided to end it so he could pursue other options. " The two first appeared in public as a couple during the London Olympics. Phelps played (consolation?) beer pong Saturday evening with Stacy Keibler in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, according to Keibler's Instagram feed.

I think I just lost our office pool on the Clooney-Keibler dating lifespan. A "source" tells people.com that the more-than-unexpected couple George Clooney and Rosedale native Stacy Keibler are still dating. People.com reports that on Friday, Keibler "attended the event Call of Duty XP , where she was coy regarding questions about her Oscar-winning beau, but gave a few hints as to why Clooney may be smitten. " "Anybody that knows me knows that I'm definitely a guy's girl," she told PEOPLE.

Every May, Pimlico hosts one of Baltimore's most striking juxtapositions: Thousands of infield revelers guzzle beer and soak in live music while a stone's throw away, the prim and proper set sip Black-Eyed Susans and don fancy hats. It's hard to imagine a more polarized scene. That's Preakness for you. This year, all eyes are on the infield. After the Maryland Jockey Club banned the long-standing BYOB policy last year, infield attendance plummeted. Now, the club is trying to lure back partyers with a bottomless-mug special, a younger-skewing live-music lineup and a controversial ad campaign.

We've all heard about the "special interest" groups representing big oil and tobacco companies. But the beer-pong lobby? Yesterday, a veteran state senator abandoned his effort to ban drinking games such as beer pong and flip cup in Baltimore bars after facing an impassioned online campaign by leagues of beer-pong players. Sen. George W. Della Jr., a Baltimore Democrat, contends that the games encourage excessive drinking and lead to raucous behavior in city neighborhoods. A bill he introduced late last month would have outlawed any games that award drinks as prizes in city taverns.

Live '80s music is a hot commodity in Baltimore. Every time the Legwarmers play Rams Head Live in Power Plant Live, the show sells out. So it wasn't surprising to see a decent crowd come to the Lodge Bar in Power Plant Live a few Fridays back for its monthly '80s Explosion party. There was no cover charge when my roommate Patchen and I showed up about 8 p.m. last month. The Lodge Bar looks just like you'd expect: tons of wood and deer heads everywhere. Though plenty of patrons (most in their 20s, 30s and 40s)

Picture the crowd at a crazy college house party: Kids slamming back red plastic cups, cussing, shouting and laughing. There's almost always a game of beer pong going, with two teams trying to toss pingpong balls in cups of beer across a table. Most kids couldn't imagine playing a drinking game like this anywhere else. But taking beer pong out of a house party and into a bar is just as entertaining -- as long as you have the right bar. A college drinking game like beer pong needs a college drinking atmosphere.

Picture the crowd at a crazy college house party: Kids slamming back red plastic cups, cussing, shouting and laughing. There's almost always a game of beer pong going, with two teams trying to toss pingpong balls in cups of beer across a table. Most kids couldn't imagine playing a drinking game like this anywhere else. But taking beer pong out of a house party and into a bar is just as entertaining -- as long as you have the right bar. A college drinking game like beer pong needs a college drinking atmosphere.

Every May, Pimlico hosts one of Baltimore's most striking juxtapositions: Thousands of infield revelers guzzle beer and soak in live music while a stone's throw away, the prim and proper set sip Black-Eyed Susans and don fancy hats. It's hard to imagine a more polarized scene. That's Preakness for you. This year, all eyes are on the infield. After the Maryland Jockey Club banned the long-standing BYOB policy last year, infield attendance plummeted. Now, the club is trying to lure back partyers with a bottomless-mug special, a younger-skewing live-music lineup and a controversial ad campaign.

P.J. Horan wore his lucky outfit to the Maryland beer pong championships: a knit cap, silver shades, an old yellow shirt and a black shirt with skulls that read "got rum?" When he's actually playing the game, which involves lobbing balls across a table into cups of beer, he gets juiced up by listening to 1980s bands and the soundtrack from the boxing movie Rocky on a Minidisc player. "Let's put it this way: I go to University of Maryland and they are top 50 in football, baseball and basketball.

PHILADELPHIA -- The bar is packed, the floor is wet, and dozens of glassy-eyed young people are squeezed around tables trying to lob pingpong balls into cups of beer. It is the final round of a beer pong championship, sponsored by a maker of portable beer pong tables, and all across the bar, as one team scores points, the other happily guzzles beer. "It's awesome," said Chris Shannon, 22, a senior at Drexel University here. "If you win, you win. If you lose, you drink. There's no negative."